Maik finishes second, Fowler and Rocky Ford crown champs

La Junta High School's Taylor Maik took second place at the Class 3A State Wrestling Championship Saturday. Brandon Grasmick and Adam Baca both came home as individual champions in their weight divisions for Class 2A schools.

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By Ken Hamricksports@ljtdmail.com

LA Junta Tribune - La Junta, CO

By Ken Hamricksports@ljtdmail.com

Posted Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Updated Feb 25, 2013 at 1:01 PM

By Ken Hamricksports@ljtdmail.com

Posted Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Updated Feb 25, 2013 at 1:01 PM

DENVER — La Junta High School's Taylor Maik finished in second place at the Class 3A State Wrestling Tournament at the Pepsi Center Saturday.

Maik faced defending state champion Micah Keys of Centauri in the final. Keys pinned Maik in 46 seconds to win his second straight state title.

Two other Tigers were place winners. Elias Altamirano finished fourth at 152 pounds and Hayden Bickel was fourth at 285.

La Junta tied for 13th place with 50 points.

Fowler, Rocky Ford crown champs

Two Otero County high school wrestlers won individual state championships at the Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament at the Pepsi Center Saturday.

Fowler High School's Brandon Grasmick won the 113-pound championship as he defeated Swink's Austin Coy by a 1-0 decision.

Grasmick was also named the Class 2A Outstanding Wrestler.

The other state title was won by Rocky Ford High School's Adam Baca. He took the 126-pound title with a 5-2 decision over Paonia's Bo Pipher.

Baca finished the season undefeated in 31 matches and it was his second straight championship.

In addition to Coy, Swink had three additional placers. Blake Denton took third place at 132 pounds, Bryan Denton placed fourth at 152 pounds and Anthony Mendoza was sixth at 170 pounds.

Other Rocky Ford placers included Jeremy Fraser, who was fourth at 106, Ricky Aragon, who was fifth at 138 and Aiden Stengel, who was sixth at 152.

Also placing for Fowler were Jeremy Burkey, who was third at 145 and Luke Holmquist, who was sixth at 182.

Rocky Ford finished sixth in the team standings with 70 points. Swink was ninth with 56 and Fowler was 12th with 54.